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Keep the Jacques-tober Spirit All Year Long

October 27, 2026

All month long, we’ve been celebrating Jacques-tober on YouTube with extra Happy Cooking! We shared a replay of a virtual Halloween candy tasting hosted by pastry chefs Paola Velez and Jacques Torres. We also debuted our first YouTube Course designed to teach viewers various techniques and recipes for making omelets in our Egg-stravanga! When you complete the full course of 8 videos, you get a little badge on your YouTube account, and a whole lot of egg-stra skills.

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National Disability Employment Awareness Month

October 13, 2026

Recognized with JPF grant funding awards in 2022, 2023, and 2024, Arc Broward Culinary in Sunrise, FL is helping expand what opportunity can look like for adults with disabilities. At the heart of that work is a clear mission: to strengthen the community by empowering people with disabilities to grow, develop, and thrive. This mission is particularly meaningful as we recognize National Disability Employment Awareness Month.

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Jacques shares quick and easy recipes in his “Cooking at Home” series. For a more in-depth exploration of Jacques' technique, check out “Jacques Pépin: A Legacy of Technique” online culinary course.

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We are all equal in the eyes of the stove.

~ Jacques Pépin

Nous sommes tous égaux dans les yeux du fourneau.

~ Jacques Pépin

Jacques Pépin

The Foundation

The Jacques Pépin Foundation, founded in 2016, furthers Chef Pépin's commitment to culinary education with programs that teach essential skills to professional and home cooks alike.

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Jacques Pépin is an icon and one of the most influential culinary educators of all time. Through his decades of teaching, dozens of cookbooks, 16 James Beard awards, and hundreds of individual television episodes, Chef Pépin continues to inspire generations of cooks and makes the culinary arts more approachable. As the most trusted name in culinary education, we believe the Jacques Pépin Foundation is uniquely qualified to advance culinary training for everyone.

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With your support, the JPF teaches and inspires people to cook, to improve their lives with personal growth, better health, ways to save money on food, and job opportunities, while extending Jacques’ legacy of generosity and the transformative power of culinary education.

Your contributions provide free instructional videos, available to all, through social media channels, YouTube and our website, to teach and enhance cooking skills, as well as access to recipes and videos from renowned and inspiring chefs through our JPF members’ Video Recipe Book. Our Community Kitchens Support program provides culinary arts education, training and grants to empower those with barriers to employment to gain confidence, skills and employment in the food industry.

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This October, share Jacques’ belief that “we are all equal in the eyes of the stove” with this conversation-starting shirt, and live the JPF’s mission with a new YouTube Course for a season full of Happy Cooking!

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